# مركب
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Originally a noun of place meaning “place of riding”, from the verb رَكِبَ (rakiba, “to ride”), from the root ر ك ب (r-k-b). Cognate with Hebrew מֶרְכָּבָה (merkaḇa, “chariot”), Ge'ez መርከብ (märkäb), Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܟܰܒܬܳܐ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mar.kab/

#### Noun

مَرْكَب • (markab) m (plural مَرَاكِب (marākib))
* anything upon which one rides
** ship, boat, vessel
** saddle

##### Descendants

* Maltese: mirkeb
* → Afar: márkab
* → Azerbaijani: mərkəb (“saddle-beast, donkey”)
* → Swahili: merikebu (“steamship”)
* → Ottoman Turkish: مركب (merkeb, “saddle-beast, donkey”)
** Turkish: merkep

### Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of رَكَّبَ (rakkaba).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.rak.kab/

#### Adjective

مُرَكَّب • (murakkab)
* compound, composed of multiple parts

##### Derived terms

* جَهْل مُرَكَّب m (jahl murakkab, noun)
* كَسْر مُرَكَّب m (kasr murakkab, “compound fraction”, noun)

#### Noun

مُرَكَّب • (murakkab) m (plural مُرَكَّبَات (murakkabāt))
* (chemistry) compound

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: mürəkkəb
* Hijazi Arabic: مركب (murakkab)
* → Ottoman Turkish: مركب (mürekkeb)
    > Turkish: mürekkep (inherited)
** → Albanian: myreqep, mireqep, mereçep
** → Armenian: միւրէկկէպ (miwrēkkēp), մուրա̈քք$^յ$ա̈բ (muräkʻkʻ$^y$äb), միրէքէպ (mirēkʻēp), միւրէքէպ (miwrēkʻēp)
** → Bulgarian: мурекеп (murekep) (obsolete)
** → Crimean Tatar: mürekep, merekep
** → Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)
    Cyrillic script: мурѐћеп, мурѝћеп, мурѝкеп, мурѐћеф
    Latin script: murèćep, murìćep, murìkep, murèćef
* → Persian: مرکب (morakkab, “ink”)
* → Uyghur: مۇرەككەپ (murekkep)
* → Uzbek: murakkab

### References

* Lane, Edward William (1863) “ركب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1145
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “ركب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 413

## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* ر ك ب
* 1 term

### Etymology

From Arabic مُرَكَّبْ (murakkab).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mu.rak.kab/

### Noun

مركب • (murakkab) m (plural مُرَكَّبات (murakkabāt))
* (obsolete) kitchen
    Synonym: مَطْبَخ (maṭbaḵ)
* (chemistry) compound

### Adjective

مركب • (murakkab) (feminine مُرَكَّبة (murakkaba), common plural مُرَكَّبين (murakkabīn))
* assembled
* compound, composed of multiple part

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَكَّب (murakkab, “compound”), passive participle of رَكَّبَ (rakkaba, “to assemble, to compose, to combine”).

#### Adjective

مركب • (mürekkeb)
* composite, compound, composed of multiple parts

#### Noun

مركب • (mürekkeb) (plural مركبات (mürekkebat))
* compound, a substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements
* ink, a colorant-based solution used to color or dye a surface together with a quill

##### Derived terms

* مركب بالغی (mürekkeb balığı, “cuttlefish”)
* مركب یالامش (mürekkeb yalamış, “clerk of great experience”)
* مركبجی (mürekkebci, “maker or seller of ink”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: mürekkep
* → Albanian: myreqep, mireqep, mereçep
* → Armenian: միւրէկկէպ (miwrēkkēp), մուրա̈քք$^յ$ա̈բ (muräkʻkʻ$^y$äb), միրէքէպ (mirēkʻēp), միւրէքէպ (miwrēkʻēp)
* → Bulgarian: мурекеп (murekep) (obsolete)
* → Crimean Tatar: mürekep, merekep
* → Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)
    Cyrillic script: мурѐћеп, мурѝћеп, мурѝкеп, мурѐћеф
    Latin script: murèćep, murìćep, murìkep, murèćef

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mürekkep1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3385
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “مركب”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 434b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مركب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1151
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Atramentum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 97
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مركب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4581
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mürekkep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مركب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1814

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْكَب (markab, “ship, boat; saddle”), a noun of place from the verb رَكِبَ (rakiba, “to ride”).

#### Noun

مركب • (merkeb)
* (originally) anything mounted or ridden for travel, like a ship, boat, or vessel
* (currently) ass, donkey, any domestic animal of the species Equus asinus asinus
    Synonyms: اشك (eşek), حمار (himar), خر (har)

##### Derived terms

* مركبجی (merkebci, “donkey-driver”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: merkep

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “merkep”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3153
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “مركب”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 434b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مركب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1151
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مركب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4581
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “merkep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مركب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1814